The present invention provides a fixing roller which has a metal layer, the metal layer having a thickness not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 2 mm, a tensile strength of 490 MPa or greater, and a yield point of 294 MPa or greater, and a fixing apparatus which has a fixing roller having a metal layer, and a back-up member forming a nip with the fixing roller, wherein a recording material bearing an unfixed image is nipped and conveyed by the nip, and the unfixed image is fixed on the recording material, and wherein the metal layer of the fixing roller has a thickness not less than 0.1 mm and not more than 2 mm, a tensile strength of 490 MPa or greater, and a yield point of 294 MPa or greater.